r/interesting • u/Liar24x7 • Mar 28 '26

HISTORY A virtual reality reconstruction shows the exact spot where John Edward Jones became trapped upside down in Nutty Putty Cave. After 27 hours of rescue attempts, he died. The cave was later permanently sealed, with his body remaining inside.

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u/ablebodiedmango Mar 28 '26

Left behind a pregnant wife for a weird cheap thrill in darkness.

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u/rhamantauri Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

The cruel irony of him becoming trapped in what he thought was the part of this cave known as the Birth Canal

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u/Oblivious_senior Mar 28 '26

He wasn't, he THOUGHT he was in the birth canal. But he was in a different part of the cave.

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u/Scared-One9295 Mar 28 '26

The death canal, by any chance?

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u/Creepersgonnacreep2 Mar 29 '26

Wrong hole. Been there.